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When arrogance is the strategy
4 Aug 2014 4:32 AM ISTIt takes a lot of study to grasp the crux of the issue – yet those, a lot of them actually, who have done it with some honesty, can offer realistic...
A tale of Secterian insanity
13 July 2014 6:36 AM ISTOften a normal being would wonder how irrational a sizeable chunk of the populace of a particular culture or a region could be – especially after...
SPECTACLE OF A CULTURAL RISING
26 May 2014 1:49 AM ISTSome public intellectuals and international media are much fond of portraying Bangladesh as a conservative Muslim society with exaggerated figures in...
PLEBISCITES IN SOUTH ASIA
20 April 2014 11:17 PM ISTIt’s not very clear whether there is any regional political trend in the making, going by the patterns emerging in each South Asian countries which...
Bangladesh and Bollywood sneer
17 March 2014 4:01 AM ISTWhile that may only be true for selected movies of a handful of directors or actors, genuine refinement in a Bollywood mainstream movie is still a far...
Bangladesh and ‘secular project’
26 Feb 2014 6:20 AM ISTThere is a post-election calm in Bangladesh right now after the much talked about one-sided general election. Even the 1st phase of officially...
Split wide open
13 Jan 2014 3:35 AM ISTThe People’s Republic of Bangladesh had a general election on 5 January 2014, which the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as well as...
Casting off its 1971 baggage
30 July 2013 1:12 AM ISTWe can see in the history of modern states that revolutions are sometimes followed by reactionary repulse. Bangladesh had her version of the tale in...
Federalism dynamics and unwanted scenarios
27 Jun 2013 10:56 PM ISTLooking at Indian political scenario nowadays, one has to wonder in what direction it is heading. An unstable India could be the worst thing to happen...
Trapped in a complex twist
16 April 2013 3:57 AM ISTIt all started with the pro-liberation and secular Awami League (AL) winning the last general election with three-fourth majority in the parliament....